I'm Gatti, and I'm new to magic. I've been interested in magic for awhile, but whenever I've done a simple google search I haven't found credible info to start my journey. I did try one short book with no success. I found this forum today, so hopefully I can get some quality knowledge here! Where I am in life right now, I am interested in magic related to wealth and powers like clairvoyance and telekinesis and speaking in foreign tongues and such. I also have a deep connection to the natural world and animals, so maybe there's magic I can do related to that (elemental or earth magic perhaps?). I want to be able to live life lucidly, and I believe magic is the doorway to that. Cheers!=
Hey, welcome! Yeah, the internet can definitely be a toss-up when it comes to good info. Hopefully you can find stuff more consistently useful on here, though. And do check out some of the natural magic stuff! There's a lot to that. Elemental magic like you said, as well as what I guess could be called earth magic. I've even written a bit on here about things like communicating with trees and using different plants in spellwork, if you wanna check that out.
But in general, the best thing to do no matter what path you go toward is work on some basics first. They tend to be pretty similar across the board- meditation, focusing your thoughts, visualization, etc. A lot of it is just sticking with practicing this consistently, because sometimes it does in fact get frustrating, and may even seem pointless at times. But believe me, it pays off.
If I may ask, what was the name of the book you've read?
Either way, again welcome to the site and enjoy your stay!